The Latest Breaking News from Goa

How Goa is fighting TB among high-risk groups

Fifty-four-year old Suresh has been drinking alcohol since he was nine. He ran away from his house in Bengaluru and landed in Goa. He has been working in a bar ever since.

Newslaundry · Oct 28, 2024

ISL: Chennaiyin FC look to attack wounded FC Goa

CHENNAI: The Indian Super League matches between Chennaiyin FC and FC Goa have been goal fests more often than not, irrespective of the coaches and players involved.

The Times of India · Oct 24, 2024

Sunburn: Why Asia’s biggest electronic dance music festival still doesn’t have a venue

Tickets are already on sale and the festival is supposed to be just over two months away, but organisers for Sunburn 2024 are facing stiff opposition from locals in Goa who fear it will bring drugs, noise pollution and environmental damage. Shahana Yasmin reports

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2024

'We will soon realise our vision of prosperous Goa': CM Pramod Sawant

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that with the support from the Centre our focus on agriculture will help us realize our vision of a prosperous Goa. Must follow the story on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 1, 2024

Shoorvir programme is Hindus’ ‘own ecosystem’, calling for an economic boycott of Muslims

In June 2024, the Hindu Janjagriti Samiti organised the Vaishvik Hindu Rashtra Mahotsav in Goa. The theme of the event was “From Hindu Nation to Hindu World” and one of the speakers was Virendra Pandey, the founder of Shoorvir Programme, a service dedicated to connecting Hindu service providers with Hindu…

Newslaundry · Aug 23, 2024

Activist whose RTI flagged ‘Smriti Irani-linked Goa cafe’ alleges home ministry ‘witch-hunt’

A Goa-based activist has alleged that he is being targeted for taking up public interest issues against “successive governments” and for trying to point to alleged illegalities surrounding BJP leader and former minister Smriti Irani’s daughter’s cafe in Goa through RTI applications. 

Newslaundry · Aug 12, 2024

Weather Update: IMD issues red alert for MP, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Konkan, Goa and Maharashtra

The Indian Meteorological Department, in its latest report, issued a red alert for heavy rainfall in western Madhya Pradesh, eastern Rajasthan, Gujarat, Konkan region, Goa and Central Maharashtra on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Aug 4, 2024

‘Clamp down’: HT deletes report on Goa land conversion as minister threatens ‘breach of privilege’

On July 23, a report on Hindustan Times website titled “21.29 lakh sq m green zones in Goa converted for construction in 15 months: Data” by reporter Gerard de Souza detailed how two changes in rules reportedly made way for the spurt in land conversion. The report was based on…

Newslaundry · Jul 27, 2024

What’s it really like to run a music festival food truck

Fancy working as a food trader during the summer festival scene? You’ll need ‘a war mentality’ says the Mexican food chef Roland Hewes. Helen Salter talks to those serving up Goan fish curry and Hawaiian poke bowls to today’s festival punters and discovers that working the circuit from the back…

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2024

Goa: Indian Coast Guard rescues a boat and averts a major incident

On Sunday evening, in a swift operation, the team of Indian Coast Guard with Ship C-148 successfully rescued the tourist ferry boat Nerul Paradise, which was carrying twenty-four passengers and two crew members. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · May 20, 2024